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. S'H OVELING BOARD FOR WAGONS.

HQ 524,345. Patented Aug. 14, 1894 I e w .0 0

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CHARLES 'w. NEEDLES, on ATLANTIC, IOWA.

SHOVEL-INGQBOARD' FOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 524:,345, dated August 14, 1894. Application filed March 12, 1894. Serial No. 503,322. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. NEEDLES, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Atlantimin the county of Cass and 'State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoveling- Boards; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains'to make and use the same, refere ence being had to the accompanying drawings,

and to the letters of reference marked thereon,

which form a part of this specification.

My invent-ion. relates to improvements in shoveling-boards for wagons, and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of the parts that will be more fully set forth hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims. j p

My invention relates especially to an improved means for. securing the shovelingboard to the wagon box, consisting of supports or brackets, removably and readily secured to the sides of the wagon-boxwithout the use of bolts or screws as hereinafter described, having apertures which receive the hooked ends of straps which are pivotally connected to the shoveling-board.

The objects of my invention are to provide a shoveling-board, which shall be simple in construction, economical in manufacture, durable in use, efficient and reliable in operation, and which can be readily secured to an ordinary farm wagon, without the use of bolts or screws. 1' attain these objects by the device iliustrated in the in which Figure 1 isa view in side elevation of the shoveling-board showing the same open; Fig. 2, an end view of shoveling-board showing same closed; Fig. 3, a View in side elevation of the inside of one of the sides of the wagonbox; Fig. 4, a detailed view in side elevation of the rod or strap that connects the shoveling-board to the wagon-box; Fig. 5, an enaccompanying drawings,

larged detailed perspective View of the support or bracket to which the shoveling-board is hinged.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the accompanying drawings, P re'pre sents the rear portion of a wagon-box or wagon-bed.

A is the shoveling-board having the sides I).

D is a support or bracket provided with a series of apertures n, and having secured thereto and made integral therewith the plate m, plate g, and prong (1.

Bis a supporting strap having at its upper end the hook e and laterally projecting arm a, each made integral with said strap, the lower end of the strap is pivoted by the pivot f to the side of shoveling-board, and the 'upper end is hinged, by means of the hook e which enters one of the apertures 11, to the support or bracket D.

- There are two supports D, and two straps B, one of each being on each side of wagonbox.

O O are rods having loops 6 e at theirlower ends and having their upper ends bent or looped so that they pass through apertures adapted to receive them in the outer ends of the arms a a, thereby hinging the rods to the arms at a. d and b are cleats secured to shoveling-board.

E E are spring-clamps secured to the cleat b of the shoveling board.

a a are apertures throughwhich the rods 0 (Lloosely play when the shoveling-board is being opened or closed, and into which the arms a a ofv the strapB enter when the shoveling-board is closed. The loops cc of the rods 0 O are of such size that they will not pass through the apertures a a, so that when the shoveling-board is open the same rests upon the loops 6 e.

t and s are cleats such as are commonly secured to farm wagons and between which the ordinary farm wagon end-gate is located and retained.

h is the upper side board of the wagon-box and t' the lower board of the wagon box, the upper board vh, being secured to thellower board and separable therefrom in the usual manner. The plate 9% of the support or bracket D bears against the outside of, the wagon-box, and the plate 9 thereof rests between the upper and lower boards of the wagon-box, and the prong (1 thereof is located between the cleats t and s and bears against the inside of the wagon-box. V

V the cleats t and s in such a manner that the upper portion of the plate m and the prong will straddle the upper side-board h of the Wagon-box, then force the side board it downward into its proper and-usual position so that the plate 9 of the support 1) will rest snugly between the upper and lower side After securing to each side of the boards. wagon-box a support D ashereinbefore explained, the shoveling'bfoard can be readily secured to the wagon-box by inserting the hooked ends of the straps B into the proper apertures n of the'support D. i

Onaccount of farm Wagons being constructed with lower side" boards of various heights it is necessary to have the seriesof apertures '11 inthe supportcD,for the'inserthe hooks should be inserted in such apertures n, that will cause the-lower inner end ofthe shoveling-board, when it is open,-to abut against the'lower part of the wagon-box.

When the shoveling-board is closed it is portion of the rods 0 C under the free ends of the spring-clamps E E.

The shoveling-board can be readily opened 7 by removing the rods 0 C from under the spring-clamps and permitting therods to slide through the apertures a until the shovelingboard rests upon the loops e e of the rods.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a shoveling-board, the combination substantially as described of the bracket or I support D, secured to the side of the wagonbox, the supporting strap B, pivoted at its lower end to the shoveling-board, and secured at its upper end to the support D, and being provided with the laterally projecting arm a,

the shoveling board A, and the rod O, which passes through the aperture a, of the shoveling-board, and is hinged at its upper end to the arm a.

2. A shoveling-board support or bracket consisting of a perforated plate, having secured thereto a fastening therefor, which passes between the. side boards of the wagonboX, and which straddles theside board of the wagon box, substantially =as-described.

3. The means for securing-,the-shoveling board bracket to the. wagon box,-;consisting of the plate whichfis firmlytsecured to'the bracket and which passes between theside boards of the wagon box and is provided at its inner end with a prong, projecting laterally therefrom, which fits between the cleats usually employed to retain theend-gateof the wagon box, substantially asdescribed,

4:. The herein described shoveling-board support consisting of the plate having enemies of perforations, the plate .m,-secured thereto, the plate g, secured to the platev m, andthe prong or plate Id, secured to the-plate g, substantially as described.

held firmly in positionbyinserting the lower 5. A shoveling-board provided with a supporting strap pivoted thereto,-having at its upper end a laterally projecting arm to which a supporting rod is secured, substantially-as described.

In testimony whe'reofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. 

